 | 1801 - 446 lapas
...How many things are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself .' A rnan can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much...man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 lapas
...there are which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them....man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms ; whereas, a. friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 lapas
...there which* a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 lapas
...are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them...these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which aie blushing in a man's own. So assain a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 lapas
...are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them...man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 lapas
...man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure, that the care of those things will continue after him : so that a man hath as it were two lives in his...many proper relations, which he cannot put off. A roan cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 lapas
...man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure, that the care of those things will continue after him. So that a man hath as it were two lives in his...cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy, but upon terms ; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 lapas
...man have a true friend, ke may rest almost secure, that the care of those things will continue after him. So that a man hath as it were two lives in his...of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend,s mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 lapas
...supplicate or beg; and a number of the like: but ull these things are graceful in a friend's moulh, which are blushing in a man's own. So again a man's person hath many proper relation» which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak ю his son but as a father ; lo his wife but... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 lapas
...there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to hie enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
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A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. 
